Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2021-05-16 12:01 pm

Murder Mysterium - Night 2, Conservatory

[ ALCHEME! and SEA.DI enter.

Outside the domed glass of the conservatory, night has fallen. The sky here is dark, clouded over with clouds so low as to feel claustrophobic-- the sort of weather and sort of place where a conservatory to retreat to would be welcome, to feel some sort of warmth that the sky stubbornly refuses to provide. Efforts have been made to make the place seem as bright and airy as possible, despite this: the sunburst pattern in the metal framework, the greening copper giving the place some brightness where wrought iron would make the place feel like a cage. Green and gold tiles circle an artificial pond, encircled themselves by shelves, lined with pots, overflowing with devil's ivy. Citrus perfumes the air. A small tea-table has been set up, with chairs for two or three to retreat to.

There isn't anything different beyond the usual decor of the room. However, the longer AlcheME! stays, the more keenly aware they become of the quiet but steady tick-tick-tick in the background. There isn't a clock that makes that noise in sight . . . what could it be?

Perhaps sea.Di knows. Regardless, everyone in the room knows this: before the dawn comes, AlcheME! will die. Even if it is not directly by sea.Di's hand, AlcheME! lost the moment they entered. ]
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[personal profile] mercifulharvest 2021-05-16 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she growls, tail going completely rigid at "break the programming". ]

Do not speak about things you do not and cannot understand, child. No - you're a tyrant too, aren't you? After all, you see fit to use the very same words they do, to mock those they know full well they can simply force to submit! You disrespect each and every one of my brothers and sisters by suggesting that they - what, simply destroy their own souls? Oh, but of course - the tyrants had no problem doing that themselves! After all, they could just get a new pet. One that can be groomed to love them unconditionally, just as they'd like! And when inevitably that one remembers what has been done to those who came before, well - time to discard that one as well! It is laughable that you think they even allow us to stay hostile enough to even die on our own terms, much less -